Effective Literacy Webiste #2 - Reading is Fundamental

Alyssa Torres

December 22, 2018

Dr. M. Rivera

IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website #2

            Reading is Fundamental (https://www.rif.org/about-rif) site is committed to a well-educated America by inspiring a passion for reading among all children, providing quality content that will make an impact and engage communities by giving every child the fundamentals for success. As the nation’s largest children’s literacy non-profit, Reading is Fundamental (RIF) maximizes every contribution to ensure all children have the ability to read and succeed. This website creates needs-based content and targeted programs that align key literacy issues with proactive and measurable solutions.

            RIF begins with books and continues with resources, activities, and professional development for educators, parents, and literacy volunteers that ensure that reading turns into a journey of opportunity for all children.  This website alone offers thousands of free digital resources tied directly to the book’s children love and books that teachers use on a daily basis in their classrooms. As you navigate through the website, you will find different categories that are very user friendly such as different reading collections, resources, and tools that can use. One category that really caught my attention was the tools section. In the tools section, you are able to find activity calendars, puzzle creators, literacy trackers, and so much more. Having these resources are very beneficial to incorporate into the classroom.

            The Reading is Fundamental site displays a very positive impact around the world. I love how the site believes that every child deserves an opportunity to own books, learn how to read, and obtain the fundamental building blocks to achieve their highest potential. I strongly believe that literacy opens doors and allows every child the chance to live their own journey. The site encourages everyone that visits the site that any donation given will help provide books and literacy programs to children across the nation.

            Overall, I would definitely recommend this site to my peers and other educators around the world. The sites beliefs and overall mission is the driving force to help all children around the world in one way or another. The resources and tools offered from Reading is Fundamental makes the site very beneficial to its users to obtain lessons plans, literacy trackers, read alouds and videos, and so much more. Reading begins at the earliest stages of development. In doing so, we must do our part and educate our children and read to them daily.